HUD Demands Housing Boss Pay Details: Transparency or Intrusion?
Published Date: 12/4/2025
Notice
Summary
HUD wants to keep collecting info about how much top bosses at Public Housing Agencies get paid, but with some updates to the form. This affects all agencies running public housing or tenant-based programs, and they’re asking for your thoughts by January 5, 2026. No big money changes yet, just making sure the info stays accurate and up-to-date!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
PHAs must report executive pay
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that run public housing or tenant-based rental assistance must report compensation for their top management official, top financial official, and any employee paid above the congressional compensation cap (Level IV of the Executive Schedule) using Form HUD-52725. HUD intends to collect one year of compensation information once every three years.
What pay details PHAs must provide
PHAs must report detailed pay data including base salary, bonus, incentive and other compensation, and the extent to which payments are made with Sections 8 and 9 appropriated funds. The collection mirrors the reporting that some tax-exempt nonprofits provide to the IRS.
Estimated reporting burden and cost
HUD estimates 4,000 respondents will each submit one response annually (4,000 responses total), with an annual burden of 4,000 hours, an hourly cost of $39.86, and an annual cost of $159,440 for the entire collection.
HUD will publish executive compensation data
HUD will provide the collected executive compensation information to the public, making base salary, bonus, incentive and other compensation, and the extent of use of Sections 8 and 9 funds publicly available.
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